1,615 search results for “politics and media” in the Public website
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Political Science (BSc)
As a Political Science student you will analyse political phenomena at a local, national and global level—covering a broad range of topics and applying state of the art methods. Your tutors are renown researchers in their field; Leiden is one of Europe’s oldest and highest ranking universities. Personal…
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Research area of Politics and international studies at Leiden University ranks highly in QS
In the 2015 QS World University rankings the area of Politics and International Studies at Leiden University, which includes Public Administration, has climbed to the 23rd place worldwide. Politics and International Studies at Leiden University holds the first position in The Netherlands and a top 10…
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Michael Meffert
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.f.meffert@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Political Science (BSc)
The three-year BSc programme ‘Politicologie’ introduces students to the key concepts and approaches of the Political Science discipline. It is based in the city of Leiden and taught primarily in Dutch .
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José Lourenço
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.b.a.l.lourenco@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Cynthia van Vonno
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
vonnocmcvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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International Politics (MSc)
This master’s programme focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of armed conflict between states and within states. In addition, we explore whether and how local, national and international actors and institutions can forge cooperation, prevent political and armed conflict from emerging,…
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How International Organisations Can Resist Political Shocks
What makes some international organisations more likely to succumb to crises where others manage to survive or even thrive? And what can international organisations do to become resilient and withstand existential challenges? Political Scientist Gisela Hirschmann (Leiden University) studied the example…
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Willem van Rooijen
Faculty of Humanities
w.van.rooijen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2933
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Addie de Moor
Science
a.c.j.de.moor@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Janine Prins
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.prins@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Peter Burger
Faculty of Humanities
p.burger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2099
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Willem Koetsenruijter
Faculty of Humanities
a.w.m.koetsenruijter@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lecture: Politics and Religion in the Middle Ages and Today (RUG, June 26)
In the context of the summer school "Medieval Religon" prof. Christopher M. Bellitto (Kean University) will give a keynote lecture on June 26th: "Politics and Religion in the Middle Ages and Today: Thoughts of an American Medievalist". This lecture is also open to those interested who do not participate…
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What Netflix Got Wrong About Indigenous Storytelling in Sapiens
Filipino anthropologists Andrea Malaya M. Ragragio and Myfel D. Paluga look back at the groundbreaking Netflix show Trese and what it missed about the stories of Indigenous peoples. They published the article 'What Netflix Got Wrong About Indigenous Storytelling' in the digital Anthropology magazine…
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“The Binnenhof” a contested court. History, housing and politics in The Hague, 1813-2013
This project examines the meaning of this historical place, and the way it has been used by the political institutions that have had their seat there.
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Deliberation and Agonism: Rethinking conflict and its relation to law in political philosophy
The Institute for Philosophy at Leiden University is host to the NWO programme,
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Bértoa & Van Biezen, The Regulation of Post-Communist Party Politics
This book concentrates on the regulation of political parties in the EU post-communist democracies, and on Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania, in particular.
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Political discourses and the securitization of democracy in post-1991 Ethiopia
This thesis attempts to interrogate post-1991-2015 political development in Ethiopia, focusing on the political discourses espoused by the government and opposition, using the discourse analysis method and securitization theory.
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
d.e.j.smit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2705
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Rebecca Ploof
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.a.ploof@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Policing European Metropolises. The politics of security in city-regions
This book focuses on policing in city-regions in Europe bringing together experts from across the continent to develop a sociology of urban policing and a unique methodology for comparing different metropolises in the same country.
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Gina van Ling
Faculty of Humanities
g.i.van.ling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
f.a.schneider@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2544
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Political Muslims: Understanding Youth Resistance in a Global Context
An interdisciplinary collection of the best international scholarship on Muslim youth.
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About LENS
LENS is engaged in the drawing up a cartography of the mediascape, past and present, researching the dispositifs and ecologies of image production and presentation, which stretch across diverse geo-political areas as well as institutional, discursive and technological fields.
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Derrida's Politics of Friendship
25 years after the publication of Derrida’s Politics of Friendship (Politiques de l’amitié, 1994), this edited collection gathers 23 critical chapters that revisit this underappreciated text. Engaging closely with Derrida’s text, the contributors analyse, extend and critique the work. They reconsider…
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Moral and Political Philosophy (MA)
The master's programme in Philosophy: Moral and Political Philosophy at Leiden University offers an excellent opportunity to explore fundamental issues in moral and political philosophy.
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Bolivia at the Crossroads: Politics, Economy, and Environment in a Time of Crisis
As Bolivia reels from the collapse of the government in November 2019, a wave of social protests, and now the impact of Covid-19, this book asks: where next for Bolivia?
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‘Parliamentary questions as strategic party tools‘ (West European Politics)
How many written parliamentary questions does each party put to each minister? Political scientists Simon Otjes (University of Groningen) and Tom Louwerse (Leiden University) studied the practice in Dutch parliament and found that parties use parliamentary questions strategically as part of their ‘permanent…
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Anouk van Vliet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.l.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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International Relations: Culture and Politics
Are you thinking about studying International Relations: Culture and Politics? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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International Relations: Global Political Economy
Are you thinking about studying Global Political Economy? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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Chris Flinterman
Faculty of Humanities
c.h.f.flinterman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6713
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Political Legitimacy under Debate: Democracy and Authority in the Netherlands in the 1880s, 1930s, and 1960s
Debates on political legitimacy in Dutch parliament in the 1880s, 1930s, and 1960s
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Waves and Patterns in Discrete Media: Bridging the Gaps
What happens to electrical waves that have to cross gaps in insulation material around nerves in the human body
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Andeweg, Irwin & Louwerse, Governance and Politics of the Netherlands
The leading textbook on governance and politics in the Netherlands. The authors offer a clear and comprehensive account and have revised the text to provide full coverage of recent important developments.
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Non-citizen voting rights and political participation of citizens: evidence from Switzerland
In this article, Meier & Nadler suggest that while non-citizen enfranchisement boosts participation across all citizens, citizens with immigration backgrounds are more reactive to the NCV rights in terms of higher turnout. In this way, the paper adds a critical nuance to individual-based explanations…
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Centre for Art, Literature and Law (CALL)
The center studies the many ways in which issues of law and justice are dealt with in art and literature with a focus on liminal issues and cases. These are issues and cases where law comes to the limits of what it is capable of dealing with and art and literature explore the implications of what is…
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‘The influence of the media on legislation is limited’
News articles have only a limited influence on the course of legislative processes. This is the finding of political science expert Lotte Melenhorst in her PhD dissertation. Defence 21 March.
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Rebekah Tromble, ‘Thanks for (actually) responding! How citizen demand shapes politicians’ interactive practices on Twitter’
It is often claimed that social media can contribute to democratic decision-making by bringing politicians and citizens into dialogue with one another. But is this potential always realised, and how? Most researchers look at politicians and their online communication strategies. In this New Media &…
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Visual Relation extraction Based on Deep Cross-media Transfer Network
Building a Deep Cross-media Transfer Network to extract visual relations that relieve the problem of insufficient training data for visual tasks.
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John Gerring & Wouter Veenendaal, Population and Politics: The Impact of Scale
Political scientists John Gerring (University of Texas, Austin) and Wouter Veenendaal (Universiteit Leiden) evaluate the political implications stemming from the size of a political unit – on social cohesion, the number of representatives, overall representativeness, particularism ('pork'), citizen…
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Administrative Attention amidst Political Failure
Public sector decision-makers operate amidst an abundance of information and unclear political objectives. Attention is the sine qua non of policy-making: What is attended to can be addressed in policy responses; what is overlooked or goes unnoticed cannot. Despite its importance, public administration…
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Party, State, Revolution. Critical Reflections on Zizek's Political Philosophy
Slavoj Žižek is one of the most prominent public intellectuals of the left. His central claim holds that “today, it is more crucial than ever to continue to question the very foundations of capitalism as a global system”.
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Anne Heyer
Faculty of Humanities
a.heyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1121
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Thomas Fossen
Faculty of Humanities
t.fossen@phil.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5244
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Conspiracy thinking and social media use are associated with ability to detect deepfakes
Deepfakes are videos that have been manipulated to replace one person’s likeness with that of another. They can be difficult to distinguish from authentic videos. In our study, we found that people who score high on conspiracy thinking and people who use social media more are better at distinguishing…
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The promise of organization. Political associations, 1820-1890, debate and practice
The central theme of the NWO-project ‘The Promise of Organization’ is the evolution of political organization during the 19th century. We focus on the enthusiasm, arguments and concrete activities of the organizers as well as the criticism offered by opponents of modern political organization.
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Luc Verheij
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.f.m.verheij@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727